https://simplecast.com Better Tomorrow Speaker Series The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series hosts conversations that matter. We bring together authors, advocates, and academics to talk about solving problems in Hawai‘i and the world. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools. 2020 University of Hawai'i at Manoa en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:00:11 +0000 https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com Better Tomorrow Speaker Series https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/07232b91-8cde-4a83-b98c-39ddac21cc98/57155303-71fc-4583-b34b-af09bb0c7609/3000x3000/btss-podcast-r1-04.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com episodic The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series hosts conversations that matter. We bring together authors, advocates, and academics to talk about solving problems in Hawai‘i and the world. The series is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools. Better Tomorrow Speaker Series false https://feeds.simplecast.com/GmYj6nBV better tomorrow speaker series, btss, uh manoa, university of hawaii, university of hawaii at manoa, hawaii community foundation University of Hawai'i at Manoa btss@hawaii.edu a1a24582-79de-41bb-89c0-7036b9e772c1 How We Learned to Love Taxes Taxes often make people’s eyes glaze over—but they shape nearly every aspect of our lives. 

In this episode, we unpack how tax policy influences inequality, public services, and the future of Hawai‘i. Featuring insights from advocates, economists, and lawmakers, the conversation explores everything from minimum wage and tax credits to wealth taxes and housing affordability. 

We dig into who really benefits from current tax systems, why the wealthy often pay less proportionally, and what reforms could create a more equitable, livable, resilient society. Along the way, we wrestle with the challenges of policy design, as well as enforcement and evasion, where good intentions sometimes collide with reality. Despite the challenges, our guests urge us to think of taxes as a reflection of our values and to think more about what they can do to make the world better.

Tina Grandinetti was born and raised on Oʻahu and serves in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives for District 20.

DW Gibson is an author of several books, including the award-winning The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification.

Will White serves as the executive director of Hawaii Appleseed.

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

 

Production: Willow Hutchison

Editing: Amika Matteson

Recording and Sound Editing Assistance: Adeel Meer

Original Music: Will Watson

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/how-we-learned-to-love-taxes-vs6Wl8cM Taxes often make people’s eyes glaze over—but they shape nearly every aspect of our lives. 

In this episode, we unpack how tax policy influences inequality, public services, and the future of Hawai‘i. Featuring insights from advocates, economists, and lawmakers, the conversation explores everything from minimum wage and tax credits to wealth taxes and housing affordability. 

We dig into who really benefits from current tax systems, why the wealthy often pay less proportionally, and what reforms could create a more equitable, livable, resilient society. Along the way, we wrestle with the challenges of policy design, as well as enforcement and evasion, where good intentions sometimes collide with reality. Despite the challenges, our guests urge us to think of taxes as a reflection of our values and to think more about what they can do to make the world better.

Tina Grandinetti was born and raised on Oʻahu and serves in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives for District 20.

DW Gibson is an author of several books, including the award-winning The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification.

Will White serves as the executive director of Hawaii Appleseed.

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

 

Production: Willow Hutchison

Editing: Amika Matteson

Recording and Sound Editing Assistance: Adeel Meer

Original Music: Will Watson

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> How We Learned to Love Taxes University of Hawai'i at Manoa 00:55:11 Taxes are, well, taxing, but they’re also the engine behind the kind of society we want to build. Taxes are, well, taxing, but they’re also the engine behind the kind of society we want to build. economic policy, wealth taxes, property taxes, income tax, tax reform, housing crisis, government spending, hawaii economy, hawaii tax policy, capital flight, appleseed, reits, millionaire’s tax, progressive taxation, tax fairness, public services, tax brackets, act 46, tax evasion, capital gains, uhero, inequality, tax policy, conveyance taxes false full 37 72a8abed-5106-4473-94c4-3c60cb7b9c5b Colin Moore: Trump II, Year I The Trump administration is a torrent of provocations, policy changes, budget cuts, culture wars, and now, real wars. But how do you separate what really matters from all the noise? 

In this episode DW Gibson and Robert Perkinson sit down with political scientist Colin Moore to discuss immigration, foreign policy, higher education, and the state of American democracy.  In reviewing the first year of Trump’s second term, they try to map out a path through the next three years.

 

Political scientist Colin Moore is a political scientist with the University of Hawaii Economic and Research Organization (UHERO) and a political commentator for KITV. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and previously held fellowships at Yale and UC Berkeley.

DW Gibson is an award-winning author and journalist, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Harper's Magazine. He’s now executive producer of podcasts and multimedia at Hawaii Public Radio.

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

Production Assistance:

Willow Hutchison

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/colin-moore-trump-ii-year-i-S58ukkWz The Trump administration is a torrent of provocations, policy changes, budget cuts, culture wars, and now, real wars. But how do you separate what really matters from all the noise? 

In this episode DW Gibson and Robert Perkinson sit down with political scientist Colin Moore to discuss immigration, foreign policy, higher education, and the state of American democracy.  In reviewing the first year of Trump’s second term, they try to map out a path through the next three years.

 

Political scientist Colin Moore is a political scientist with the University of Hawaii Economic and Research Organization (UHERO) and a political commentator for KITV. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard and previously held fellowships at Yale and UC Berkeley.

DW Gibson is an award-winning author and journalist, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Harper's Magazine. He’s now executive producer of podcasts and multimedia at Hawaii Public Radio.

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

Production Assistance:

Willow Hutchison

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Colin Moore: Trump II, Year I University of Hawai'i at Manoa 00:50:13 Fear, power, and politics: Unpacking Trump’s second term and what comes next for America–and for Hawai‘i. Fear, power, and politics: Unpacking Trump’s second term and what comes next for America–and for Hawai‘i. fear, democracy, trump, pushback, democrats, immigration, governance, republicans, leadership, bureaucracy false full 36 2a4ce6d4-cd77-492b-aa16-685eb554376b Rebecca Solnit: Stories to Set Us Free The conversation dives into topics like climate change, feminism, and political resistance, emphasizing that the biggest barriers to progress are often cultural and narrative—not technical. 

Writer and historian Rebecca Solnit is the author of 25+ books on feminism, history, and hope, including Men Explain Things to Me. A Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, she writes for Harper’s and The Guardian and is the Fall 2025 Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters.

Interviewer

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

Videography and Audio Recording

Greeneye Productions

Production Assistance:

Willow Hutchison

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/stories-to-set-us-free-hYxsjU_H The conversation dives into topics like climate change, feminism, and political resistance, emphasizing that the biggest barriers to progress are often cultural and narrative—not technical. 

Writer and historian Rebecca Solnit is the author of 25+ books on feminism, history, and hope, including Men Explain Things to Me. A Guggenheim Fellow and National Book Critics Circle Award winner, she writes for Harper’s and The Guardian and is the Fall 2025 Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters.

Interviewer

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

Videography and Audio Recording

Greeneye Productions

Production Assistance:

Willow Hutchison

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Rebecca Solnit: Stories to Set Us Free University of Hawai'i at Manoa 01:01:03 Celebrated author Rebecca Solnit explores how the stories we tell shape the way we see the world—and our ability to change it. She challenges the idea that certainty equals truth, arguing instead that uncertainty creates possibility and space for action. Celebrated author Rebecca Solnit explores how the stories we tell shape the way we see the world—and our ability to change it. She challenges the idea that certainty equals truth, arguing instead that uncertainty creates possibility and space for action. cynicism, hope, rebecca solnit, climate change, resistance, social change, feminism, human nature, storytelling, activism false full 35 17941fc0-49e4-43ae-8a86-23cf58e4209d Neta Crawford: The Pentagon's Carbon Problem In this episode, historian and international relations scholar Neta Crawford examines the deep and largely hidden ties between U.S. military power, fossil fuel dependence, and the climate crisis. Tracing a history that runs from 19th-century coal stations to today’s global network of more than 700 U.S. military bases, Crawford explains how war-fighting doctrine, energy consumption, and emissions became structurally intertwined—and why the U.S. military may be doing more to endanger us than protect us.  

 

Neta Crawford is the author of four books and dozens of journal articles, including The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War. She is a professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and the co-founder of the Costs of War Project at Brown. She has been elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy.  

 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:47:55 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/neta-crawford-the-pentagons-carbon-problem-r8ZT2v8e In this episode, historian and international relations scholar Neta Crawford examines the deep and largely hidden ties between U.S. military power, fossil fuel dependence, and the climate crisis. Tracing a history that runs from 19th-century coal stations to today’s global network of more than 700 U.S. military bases, Crawford explains how war-fighting doctrine, energy consumption, and emissions became structurally intertwined—and why the U.S. military may be doing more to endanger us than protect us.  

 

Neta Crawford is the author of four books and dozens of journal articles, including The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War. She is a professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and the co-founder of the Costs of War Project at Brown. She has been elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy.  

 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Neta Crawford: The Pentagon's Carbon Problem University of Hawai'i at Manoa 00:52:50 The U.S. is the world’s largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels – yet its emissions have been excluded from global climate accounting for decades. The U.S. is the world’s largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels – yet its emissions have been excluded from global climate accounting for decades. u.s. military, oil politics, military bases, energy security, climate change, war economy, climate crisis, hawaiʻi, fossil fuels, military emissions false full 34 c6ca5bac-4803-4c3b-a5b9-6db7ad67edfb David Vine: Empire of Bases The U.S. has built the largest global network of military bases in history—and Hawaiʻi has long stood at its center. In this conversation, David Vine traces the hidden costs of empire and why they matter as Hawaiʻi weighs the future of its lands and security.

In this episode, anthropologist and author David Vine discusses the global reach of the U.S. military and the history of near-continuous American warfare. Drawing on decades of research, Vine argues that foreign military bases have often enabled conflict, imposed heavy environmental and social costs, and displaced Indigenous communities, while doing little to enhance real security. The conversation focuses in particular on Hawaiʻi’s role in this system, from land seizures and contamination to the state’s ongoing negotiations over base leases, and explores how historical perspective can inform debates about security, sovereignty, and the future use of land in the islands.

David Vine anthropologist, author of The United States of War, Base Nation, and Island of Shame.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

Center for Language & Technology

Production Assistance:

Amika Matteson, Christine Ahn, Sydney Son, and Willow Hutchison

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Fri, 9 Jan 2026 21:18:32 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/david-vine-empire-of-bases-d_vo9LR8 The U.S. has built the largest global network of military bases in history—and Hawaiʻi has long stood at its center. In this conversation, David Vine traces the hidden costs of empire and why they matter as Hawaiʻi weighs the future of its lands and security.

In this episode, anthropologist and author David Vine discusses the global reach of the U.S. military and the history of near-continuous American warfare. Drawing on decades of research, Vine argues that foreign military bases have often enabled conflict, imposed heavy environmental and social costs, and displaced Indigenous communities, while doing little to enhance real security. The conversation focuses in particular on Hawaiʻi’s role in this system, from land seizures and contamination to the state’s ongoing negotiations over base leases, and explores how historical perspective can inform debates about security, sovereignty, and the future use of land in the islands.

David Vine anthropologist, author of The United States of War, Base Nation, and Island of Shame.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Sound Engineering:

Adeel Meer

Center for Language & Technology

Production Assistance:

Amika Matteson, Christine Ahn, Sydney Son, and Willow Hutchison

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> David Vine: Empire of Bases University of Hawai'i at Manoa 01:00:13 us-china relations, us military bases, hawaii, base renewals, japan, indigenous dispossession, korean war, pearl harbor, okinawa, diego garcia, guam, spanish-american war, germany, national security, foreign policy, economics of military bases, costs of military bases, british empire, cold war false full 33 271a718c-2902-4f95-8844-9a0a9a52ce03 Chip Fletcher: Hawaii and the Climate Crisis We talk about the climate crisis all the time, but when was the last time you sat down for a refresher on the basic science? Join geologist and coastal systems expert Chip Fletcher for a primer on the physics behind rising temperatures, rising seas, jet stream deviations, extreme weather, and more. Understanding the mechanisms of warming and its cascading effects better equips us to evaluate proposals to mitigate and adapt. 

 

 

Dr. Fletcher has written three textbooks and over 100 peer-reviewed articles. He is the Dean of the University of Hawaiʻi’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), and he is the governor’s top climate advisor. 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Mānoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Tue, 2 Dec 2025 02:15:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Chip Fletcher, Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/chip-fletcher-hawaii-and-the-climate-crisis-Xme006EO We talk about the climate crisis all the time, but when was the last time you sat down for a refresher on the basic science? Join geologist and coastal systems expert Chip Fletcher for a primer on the physics behind rising temperatures, rising seas, jet stream deviations, extreme weather, and more. Understanding the mechanisms of warming and its cascading effects better equips us to evaluate proposals to mitigate and adapt. 

 

 

Dr. Fletcher has written three textbooks and over 100 peer-reviewed articles. He is the Dean of the University of Hawaiʻi’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), and he is the governor’s top climate advisor. 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Mānoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Chip Fletcher: Hawaii and the Climate Crisis Chip Fletcher, Robert Perkinson 00:53:04 disaster preparedness, coral reefs, co2, drought, ocean segmentation, methane, natural gas, climate adaptation, lng, sea-level rise, global warming, transportation electrification, jetstream, oil, climate adaptation, coastal retreat, coral bleaching, wildfires, ocean acidification false full 32 ee660d09-7db3-47af-8489-2df69270db99 Jane Chen: Embrace What drives us to achieve—and at what cost? In today’s episode, author and entrepreneur Jane Chen shares the story of founding Embrace, an innovative nonprofit that created low-cost incubators to save babies’ lives in conflict zones around the world. She poured everything into the project, overcoming impossible challenges and earning recognition from leaders like Beyoncé and President Obama—until the work began to unravel, and so did she.

In her new memoir, Like a Wave We Break, Jane chronicles the collapse and her fight to rebuild, grappling with intergenerational trauma, family violence, and the demons that pushed her forward. Ultimately, she discovers that real healing—and meaningful impact—depend not on relentless striving, but on learning to lead, love, and live with compassion.

 

Author and entrepreneur Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which developed a groundbreaking infant incubator that has helped save the lives of nearly a million babies. Trained at Stanford and Harvard, Chen has been recognized as a Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum and was a recipient of the Economist Innovation Award. She is the author of Like a Wave We Break: A Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Wed, 1 Oct 2025 20:44:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Jane Chen, Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/jane-chen-embrace-A2lcZTjN What drives us to achieve—and at what cost? In today’s episode, author and entrepreneur Jane Chen shares the story of founding Embrace, an innovative nonprofit that created low-cost incubators to save babies’ lives in conflict zones around the world. She poured everything into the project, overcoming impossible challenges and earning recognition from leaders like Beyoncé and President Obama—until the work began to unravel, and so did she.

In her new memoir, Like a Wave We Break, Jane chronicles the collapse and her fight to rebuild, grappling with intergenerational trauma, family violence, and the demons that pushed her forward. Ultimately, she discovers that real healing—and meaningful impact—depend not on relentless striving, but on learning to lead, love, and live with compassion.

 

Author and entrepreneur Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which developed a groundbreaking infant incubator that has helped save the lives of nearly a million babies. Trained at Stanford and Harvard, Chen has been recognized as a Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum and was a recipient of the Economist Innovation Award. She is the author of Like a Wave We Break: A Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Jane Chen: Embrace Jane Chen, Robert Perkinson 00:50:33 mdma assisted therapy, asian american achievement culture, toxic leadership, infant mortality, normalized abuse, psychological safety in the workplace, tony robbins date with destiny, asian american academic pressure, generational trauma, tiger mom, embrace, productivity, nonprofits, somatic therapy, premature births, asian americans, psychedelic therapy, ptsd, memoirs, social innovation, business success, india healthcare, trauma therapy, premature birth deaths, business, premature babies, alternative therapy, portable baby incubators, talk therapy, psychodrama, reenactment therapy, internal family systems therapy, medical innovation, adverse childhood events, medically underserved populations, meditation, incubators, medical technology, toxic stress, healing journey, childhood trauma, taiwan white terror, wounded striving, severe parenting, japanese occupation of taiwan, repressed trauma, global healthcare innovation, entrepreneurship false full 31 aa309298-f300-49f9-ad70-20f2e14bf95f Julian Aguon: Indigenous Climate Justice Explore the dynamic crossroads of law, indigeneity, and climate justice with two extraordinary voices: Julian Aguon, the founder of Blue Ocean Law, and our host for this profound dialogue, Professor Kapua Sproat from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

In this episode, you'll hear Julian and Kapua explore the critical need for community and solidarity in the face of the climate crisis, especially as it impacts vulnerable Pacific communities. They discuss the vital role of storytelling and the arts in igniting social movements and reminding us of our shared humanity and potential. Julian shares compelling insights into the landmark, though ultimately unsuccessful, case of Davis v. Guam, shedding light on the complexities of self-determination and the limitations of current legal frameworks when grappling with the legacy of colonization.

The conversation also beautifully navigates the profound connection between indigenous peoples and their ancestral lands, highlighting the deep grief and injustice of displacement while underscoring the fundamental human longing for freedom and belonging. Despite acknowledging the constraints of the legal system, Julian articulates a hopeful vision for law as a tool to protect indigenous rights and empower communities to be at the forefront of solving the planetary crisis.

Prepare to be moved and inspired as Julian and Kapua weave together personal reflections, legal analysis, and powerful calls to action. You’ll hear about the political significance of grief, the essential roles of both anger and love in driving social change, and ultimately, a message of hope for the future, especially for young indigenous leaders. The episode culminates in a moving reading of Julian’s poem, "gaali," leaving us with a lingering sense of connection and purpose.

So, tune in as we embark on this vital conversation with Julian Aguon and Kapua Sproat, recorded right here in Honolulu, a testament to the ongoing work and resilience of Pacific communities in the face of unprecedented challenges. Let's listen and learn together.

 

 

A prolific essayist, Julian Aguon is the author of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies (2022), which Junot Díaz calls “a breathtaking book . . . alive with passion, wisdom, and heart.” Aguon is the founder of Blue Ocean Law, a progressive firm that works at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, and he serves on the Global Advisory Council of Progressive International.

Kapuaʻala Sproat (Moderator) is the director of the Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the University of Hawaiʻi.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

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]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:50:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Julian Aguon, Kapuaʻala Sproat, Leandro Knuckles) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/julian-aguon-indigenous-climate-justice-LdGdbJFs Explore the dynamic crossroads of law, indigeneity, and climate justice with two extraordinary voices: Julian Aguon, the founder of Blue Ocean Law, and our host for this profound dialogue, Professor Kapua Sproat from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

In this episode, you'll hear Julian and Kapua explore the critical need for community and solidarity in the face of the climate crisis, especially as it impacts vulnerable Pacific communities. They discuss the vital role of storytelling and the arts in igniting social movements and reminding us of our shared humanity and potential. Julian shares compelling insights into the landmark, though ultimately unsuccessful, case of Davis v. Guam, shedding light on the complexities of self-determination and the limitations of current legal frameworks when grappling with the legacy of colonization.

The conversation also beautifully navigates the profound connection between indigenous peoples and their ancestral lands, highlighting the deep grief and injustice of displacement while underscoring the fundamental human longing for freedom and belonging. Despite acknowledging the constraints of the legal system, Julian articulates a hopeful vision for law as a tool to protect indigenous rights and empower communities to be at the forefront of solving the planetary crisis.

Prepare to be moved and inspired as Julian and Kapua weave together personal reflections, legal analysis, and powerful calls to action. You’ll hear about the political significance of grief, the essential roles of both anger and love in driving social change, and ultimately, a message of hope for the future, especially for young indigenous leaders. The episode culminates in a moving reading of Julian’s poem, "gaali," leaving us with a lingering sense of connection and purpose.

So, tune in as we embark on this vital conversation with Julian Aguon and Kapua Sproat, recorded right here in Honolulu, a testament to the ongoing work and resilience of Pacific communities in the face of unprecedented challenges. Let's listen and learn together.

 

 

A prolific essayist, Julian Aguon is the author of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies (2022), which Junot Díaz calls “a breathtaking book . . . alive with passion, wisdom, and heart.” Aguon is the founder of Blue Ocean Law, a progressive firm that works at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, and he serves on the Global Advisory Council of Progressive International.

Kapuaʻala Sproat (Moderator) is the director of the Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the University of Hawaiʻi.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Julian Aguon: Indigenous Climate Justice Julian Aguon, Kapuaʻala Sproat, Leandro Knuckles 00:42:50 land loss, coasts, university of hawai’i, environmental law, judicial system, polynesian islands, self determination, ancestral wisdom, hawaii, indigeneity, oceanic change, reconstruction-era law, responses to climate change, climate change, coastal degradation, international court of justice, fiji, climate crisis, kapua’ala sproat, polynesia, better tomorrow speaker series, environmental court cases, climate law, sea level rise court cases, guam, sea level rise impacts, polynesian tradition, sea level rise court rulings, territorial citizenship, julian aguon, micronesia, climate change law, vanuatu, chamorro, pahawaiian islands, wayfaring, indigenous lawmaking, lahaina fires, blue ocean law, sea level rise legislation, no country for eight-spot butterflies, arable land, samoa, environmental justice, resilience, sea level rise, climate justice, richardson school of law false full 30 bdc76cb9-8fb3-47d9-8603-b6fb1b40c483 Reece Jones: Immigration Politics, Trump 2.0 Political geographer Reece Jones discusses the politics of immigration under the second Trump administration. An expert on the history of borders, migration, policy, and politics, Jones explains how immigration restriction in America has always been bound up with racial exclusion and demographic engineering, from Chinese exclusion to the border wall. He reviews US immigration policy from the civil rights movement forward, and he explains how the Trump administration in its second incarnation is advancing ideas first forged by fascists and eugenicists a century ago.

Reece Jones is a political geographer who studies the relationship between states, borders, and people on the move. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, professor at UH Manoa, and prolific author of books examining US immigration policy.

Robert Perkinson (interviewer) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Topics include: immigration, border walls, department of homeland security, naturalization, demography, eugenics, dhs, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, trump, immigration enforcement, immigration policy, detention centers, history of immigration, US migration trends, immigration and crime, Chinese exclusion act, 1924 immigration act, immigration act of 1965, family migration, chain migration, Reece Jones books, border crossings, Trump second term, economic impacts of immigration, border patrol, border agents, asylum law, deportation, changes to refugee status, social engineering

 

 

 

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]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:41:11 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Leandro Knuckles, Robert Perkinson, Reece Jones) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/reece-jones-immigration-politics-trump-20-ZhiEeaDd Political geographer Reece Jones discusses the politics of immigration under the second Trump administration. An expert on the history of borders, migration, policy, and politics, Jones explains how immigration restriction in America has always been bound up with racial exclusion and demographic engineering, from Chinese exclusion to the border wall. He reviews US immigration policy from the civil rights movement forward, and he explains how the Trump administration in its second incarnation is advancing ideas first forged by fascists and eugenicists a century ago.

Reece Jones is a political geographer who studies the relationship between states, borders, and people on the move. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, professor at UH Manoa, and prolific author of books examining US immigration policy.

Robert Perkinson (interviewer) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Topics include: immigration, border walls, department of homeland security, naturalization, demography, eugenics, dhs, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, trump, immigration enforcement, immigration policy, detention centers, history of immigration, US migration trends, immigration and crime, Chinese exclusion act, 1924 immigration act, immigration act of 1965, family migration, chain migration, Reece Jones books, border crossings, Trump second term, economic impacts of immigration, border patrol, border agents, asylum law, deportation, changes to refugee status, social engineering

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Reece Jones: Immigration Politics, Trump 2.0 Leandro Knuckles, Robert Perkinson, Reece Jones 00:52:52 Political geographer Reece Jones discusses the politics of immigration under the second Trump administration. An expert on the history of borders, migration, policy, and politics, Jones explains how immigration restriction in America has always been bound up with racial exclusion and demographic engineering, from Chinese exclusion to the border wall. He reviews US immigration policy from the civil rights movement forward, and he explains how the Trump administration in its second incarnation is advancing ideas first forged by fascists and eugenicists a century ago. Reece Jones is a political geographer who studies the relationship between states, borders, and people on the move. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, professor at UH Manoa, and prolific author of books examining US immigration policy. Robert Perkinson (interviewer) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. Political geographer Reece Jones discusses the politics of immigration under the second Trump administration. An expert on the history of borders, migration, policy, and politics, Jones explains how immigration restriction in America has always been bound up with racial exclusion and demographic engineering, from Chinese exclusion to the border wall. He reviews US immigration policy from the civil rights movement forward, and he explains how the Trump administration in its second incarnation is advancing ideas first forged by fascists and eugenicists a century ago. Reece Jones is a political geographer who studies the relationship between states, borders, and people on the move. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, professor at UH Manoa, and prolific author of books examining US immigration policy. Robert Perkinson (interviewer) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. ice, trump administration, undocumented immigrants, human rights, due process, civil rights, border wall, racism, immigration, migration, chinese exclusion false full 29 e8d08b84-6929-472c-aa71-6c800b14af1b Angela Davis: Freedom is a Constant Struggle This special episode features highlights from a 2016 talk by Angela Davis – renowned political activist, scholar, and award-winning author – in her keynote address as Inouye Chair at the University of Hawaiʻi Law School. Despite being from a decade ago, Davis' commentary on freedom and inequality in the United States remains as pertinent as ever. Her talk draws on a vast array of topics, from systemic racism to feminism to the prison industrial complex. She asserts that we must employ abolitionist ideologies in the fight for equality against an elitist, capitalist democracy founded on oppression and slavery. In connecting prominent American political movements of the 21st century to Hawaiʻiʻs own battle with colonialism, she reminds us that freedom is a constant struggle everywhere, one that we must fight together. 

 

Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. She is best known for her political activism as a Black Panther, radical feminist, and Marxist during the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout her career she has advocated for the importance of incorporating race and sexuality into the study of gender inequality, making her one of the first scholars to recognize intersectionality. Professor Davis is also credited as one of the founders of second-wave feminism due to her scholarly work on womenʻs roles in politics and the home. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of nine books, including Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women, Race, and Class; Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday; Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement and The Meaning of Freedom.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:59:51 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Angela Davis, Robert Perkinson (moderator), Amika Matteson Podcast Producer) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/angela-davis-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle-cJ_CSDW3 This special episode features highlights from a 2016 talk by Angela Davis – renowned political activist, scholar, and award-winning author – in her keynote address as Inouye Chair at the University of Hawaiʻi Law School. Despite being from a decade ago, Davis' commentary on freedom and inequality in the United States remains as pertinent as ever. Her talk draws on a vast array of topics, from systemic racism to feminism to the prison industrial complex. She asserts that we must employ abolitionist ideologies in the fight for equality against an elitist, capitalist democracy founded on oppression and slavery. In connecting prominent American political movements of the 21st century to Hawaiʻiʻs own battle with colonialism, she reminds us that freedom is a constant struggle everywhere, one that we must fight together. 

 

Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. She is best known for her political activism as a Black Panther, radical feminist, and Marxist during the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout her career she has advocated for the importance of incorporating race and sexuality into the study of gender inequality, making her one of the first scholars to recognize intersectionality. Professor Davis is also credited as one of the founders of second-wave feminism due to her scholarly work on womenʻs roles in politics and the home. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of nine books, including Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women, Race, and Class; Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday; Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement and The Meaning of Freedom.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Angela Davis: Freedom is a Constant Struggle Angela Davis, Robert Perkinson (moderator), Amika Matteson Podcast Producer 00:39:05 war on terror, black feminism, reformatories, barack obama, american prisons, freedom, inmate reform, john hope franklin, militarisation, contemporary social movements, political activism, overincarceration, palestine, w. e. b. du bois, police violence, capitalism, bill clinton, structural racism, abolition feminism, immigrant detention centers, black queer feminism, police brutality, white feminism, democracy, anti-racism, abolition democracy, islamophobia, racial discrimination, israel, incarceration, beth richie, obama administration, american history, bombing of kahoʻolawe, self care, domestic violence, equality, abolition, penitentiaries, civil rights movement, prison industrial complex, racial inequality, racism, state violence, african american history, private prisons, systemic racism, punitive solutions, slavery, radical feminism, womenʻs prisons, anti-capitalism, american punishment, intersectionality, lani guinier, mass incarceration, one america in the 21st century, university of hawaii william s. richardson school of law, saguaro correctional center in arizona, clinton administration, colonialism, annexation of hawaiʻi, black history, 1980s american prison boom, feminism, criminal rehabilitation, black lives matter, gender inequality, 1997 national dialogue on race, sexual violence, monsanto, violence against women, collective consciousness false full 28 772eb798-7107-4941-a52b-bd0dc18fb0a8 Rosanna Xia: Coastal Communities in an Age of Crisis In this wide-ranging studio conversation, Rosanna Xia and Makena Coffman discuss the human stories behind sea level rise and climate adaptation. Xia shares the process of writing California Against the Sea, the emotional complexity of managed retreat, and how communities are reimagining coastal life in the face of change. Together, they explore the role of journalism, policy, insurance, Indigenous knowledge, and community action in building climate resilience.

 

Rosanna Xia is an environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for explanatory reporting, and her work has been anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. Her award-winning book, California Against the Sea, has been praised as a poetic and mind-expanding exploration of what we stand to lose in the face of rising water. 

 

Makena Coffman (moderator) is the Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. She also serves as Chair of the City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Coffman teaches graduate courses in climate change and low carbon cities. Her research interests include greenhouse gas mitigation, energy policy and alternative transportation strategies. She is a Research Fellow with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:39:18 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Rosanna Xia, Makena Coffman - Moderator, Leandro Nuckols - Editor, Robert Perkinson BTSS Director) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/rosanna-xia-coastal-communities-in-an-age-of-crisis-5b1Dd0WH In this wide-ranging studio conversation, Rosanna Xia and Makena Coffman discuss the human stories behind sea level rise and climate adaptation. Xia shares the process of writing California Against the Sea, the emotional complexity of managed retreat, and how communities are reimagining coastal life in the face of change. Together, they explore the role of journalism, policy, insurance, Indigenous knowledge, and community action in building climate resilience.

 

Rosanna Xia is an environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for explanatory reporting, and her work has been anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. Her award-winning book, California Against the Sea, has been praised as a poetic and mind-expanding exploration of what we stand to lose in the face of rising water. 

 

Makena Coffman (moderator) is the Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. She also serves as Chair of the City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Coffman teaches graduate courses in climate change and low carbon cities. Her research interests include greenhouse gas mitigation, energy policy and alternative transportation strategies. She is a Research Fellow with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> Rosanna Xia: Coastal Communities in an Age of Crisis Rosanna Xia, Makena Coffman - Moderator, Leandro Nuckols - Editor, Robert Perkinson BTSS Director 00:44:26 tongva, climate resilience, insurance costs and climate change, urban planning, indigenous, rosanna xia, california coast, makena coffman, marina sea level rise, nfip, insurance and sea level rise, seawalls, indigeneity, sea level rise and zoning, urban resilience, climate change, marina california, climate storytelling, emotional impact of climate change, coastal insurance policies, indigenous coastal communities, rising insurance costs, fema, chumash, california against the sea, native hawaiians, sand replenishment, land reclamation, disaster insurance, coastal tribes, building elevation, managed retreat, coastal displacement, community adaptation, indigenous displacement, coastal restoration, environmental justice, 2025 la wildfires, chumash tribe, sea level rise, trust for public land, environmental journalism, land use planning, lahaina recovery false full 27 ef9a059f-6b8b-4860-8e15-fc675e9edb47 Nadine Burke Harris and Josh Green: The Journey from Trauma to Wellness Can childhood trauma shape a person’s lifelong health? Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Governor Josh Green reveal the powerful science behind Adverse Childhood Events (ACES), which can profoundly shape an individual’s development, increasing the risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions across their lifespan. Drawing on their backgrounds as both physicians and policy makers, Dr. Harris and Dr. Green discuss how trauma-informed care can heal communities in Hawaiʻi, California, and around the world.

 

Nadine Burke Harris is a pediatrician, author, and former Surgeon General of California. She began her work on the health effects of childhood trauma while working as a clinician in the underserved neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point in San Francisco. She went on to found the Bayview Child Health Center and the Center for Youth Wellness to push pediatric medicine to acknowledge the consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on childrenʻs health. Her award winning book, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, details the clinical experiences in San Francisco that led her to these groundbreaking findings on the significance of childhood stress on lifelong health outcomes, and what we can do to break the cycle of toxic stress. 

 

Dr. Josh Green is a physician and the current Governor of Hawai’i. Known for his affordable housing and trauma-informed healthcare policies, he has dedicated his time in office to advocating for all dimensions of public health. After being stationed in Hawai’i by the National Health Service Corps in 2000, Dr. Green began his career as an emergency room doctor in rural hospitals and clinics on the Big Island. He served in the Hawai’i State House of Representatives and the Senate before being elected Lieutenant Governor in 2018 and then Governor in 2022. Following his successful leadership during the pandemic, Dr. Green founded the nation’s first Office of Wellness and Resilience in 2023.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

Yunji de Nies (interviewer) is a journalist, reporter, and TV host based in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 03:34:56 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Nadine Burke Harris, Josh Green, Robert Perkinson Moderator, Yunji de Nies Interviewer, Amika Matteson Podcast Producer) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/nadine-burke-harris-and-josh-green-the-journey-from-trauma-to-wellness-gCrpWUYg Can childhood trauma shape a person’s lifelong health? Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Governor Josh Green reveal the powerful science behind Adverse Childhood Events (ACES), which can profoundly shape an individual’s development, increasing the risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions across their lifespan. Drawing on their backgrounds as both physicians and policy makers, Dr. Harris and Dr. Green discuss how trauma-informed care can heal communities in Hawaiʻi, California, and around the world.

 

Nadine Burke Harris is a pediatrician, author, and former Surgeon General of California. She began her work on the health effects of childhood trauma while working as a clinician in the underserved neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point in San Francisco. She went on to found the Bayview Child Health Center and the Center for Youth Wellness to push pediatric medicine to acknowledge the consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on childrenʻs health. Her award winning book, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, details the clinical experiences in San Francisco that led her to these groundbreaking findings on the significance of childhood stress on lifelong health outcomes, and what we can do to break the cycle of toxic stress. 

 

Dr. Josh Green is a physician and the current Governor of Hawai’i. Known for his affordable housing and trauma-informed healthcare policies, he has dedicated his time in office to advocating for all dimensions of public health. After being stationed in Hawai’i by the National Health Service Corps in 2000, Dr. Green began his career as an emergency room doctor in rural hospitals and clinics on the Big Island. He served in the Hawai’i State House of Representatives and the Senate before being elected Lieutenant Governor in 2018 and then Governor in 2022. Following his successful leadership during the pandemic, Dr. Green founded the nation’s first Office of Wellness and Resilience in 2023.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

Yunji de Nies (interviewer) is a journalist, reporter, and TV host based in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Nadine Burke Harris and Josh Green: The Journey from Trauma to Wellness Nadine Burke Harris, Josh Green, Robert Perkinson Moderator, Yunji de Nies Interviewer, Amika Matteson Podcast Producer 00:49:11 fight or flight response, stress response, autoimmune diseases, preventative care, trauma-informed care, trauma screening eligibility, support buffering, generational trauma, chronic illness, childhood adversity, health disparities, pandemic, toxic stress disorder, substance abuse, governor josh green, social work, office of wellness and resilience, childhood development, cancer, social determinants of health, depression, hawai‘i health, self care, toxic stress response, public health, childhood stress, ace effects on health, healthcare providers, aces, covid, ace screenings, adverse childhood experiences, trauma treatment, chronic illness prevention, stress influence on disease, heart disease, prolonged stress response, dr. josh green, mental health, trauma screening, dr. nadine burke harris, anxiety, early detection, maladaptive stress response, asthma, toxic stress, developmental psychology, cortisol effects on development, childhood trauma, resilience, poverty and health, health outcomes, adhd, california, child abuse false full 26 0dc57321-3248-4312-9f08-d2ae28706837 Ellen Galinsky: The Science behind Raising Thriving Teens Have you ever struggled to connect with a teen? If so, this interview is for you! In this conversation on the emerging science of adolescence, Ellen Galinsky – renowned social scientist and bestselling author – turns what we think we know upside down. She encourages us to think of these years as an opportunity for growth and discovery, while offering practical, evidence-based advice to help teens thrive.

 

Ellen Galinsky is the author of hundreds of research reports, articles, and books, including the bestselling Mind in the Making and the recently published The Breakthrough Years, which critics have called a “masterpiece” and a “superb contribution to science and society.” She is the President of Families and Work Institute, an advisor on youth mental health to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she formerly served as Chief Science Officer to the Bezos Foundation.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:03:45 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Guest Speaker Ellen Galinsky, Moderator Robert Perkinson, Podcast producer Amika Matteson, Audio Engineer Leandro Nuckols) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/ellen-galinsky-the-science-behind-raising-thriving-teens-ozjaXebU Have you ever struggled to connect with a teen? If so, this interview is for you! In this conversation on the emerging science of adolescence, Ellen Galinsky – renowned social scientist and bestselling author – turns what we think we know upside down. She encourages us to think of these years as an opportunity for growth and discovery, while offering practical, evidence-based advice to help teens thrive.

 

Ellen Galinsky is the author of hundreds of research reports, articles, and books, including the bestselling Mind in the Making and the recently published The Breakthrough Years, which critics have called a “masterpiece” and a “superb contribution to science and society.” She is the President of Families and Work Institute, an advisor on youth mental health to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and she formerly served as Chief Science Officer to the Bezos Foundation.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Ellen Galinsky: The Science behind Raising Thriving Teens Guest Speaker Ellen Galinsky, Moderator Robert Perkinson, Podcast producer Amika Matteson, Audio Engineer Leandro Nuckols 00:42:33 teenage neuroscience, parents, family communication, teenage sociology, teenage social behavior, adolescent psychology, civic science, brain during puberty, teenagers and emotions, adolescent sociology, adolescence, adolescent brain, adolescent impulsivity, conception of teenagers, teenage cognitive development, psychology, teenage stress and brain function, adolescent brain research, parental advice, social psychology, hormones and brain development, teenagers during pandemic, breakthrough years, teenage discipline, understanding teen behavior, parental stress, teenage decision making, teenage brain, self determination theory, parents of teenagers, teenage brain research, neurodevelopment in adolescents, the digital age, adolescent neuroscience, the teenage brain explained, adolescent cognitive development, age discrimination, teenage behavior, teenagers and social media, puberty and brain development, adolescents, prefrontal cortex in teenagers, puberty, puberty psychology, teenage brain development, teenage brain development, brain plasticity, teenage stereotypes, adolescent behavior science, citizen science, teenage mental health, executive functions, teenage insubordination, impulsivity, teenage psychology, positive risk-taking, social media, teenagers, raising teenagers, screenagers, teenagers and screens, risk-taking in adolescents, neuroscience, developmental psychology, teenage brain research, why teens make bad decisions, teenagers and decision making, prefrontal cortex, perception of teenagers, school teachers, cognitive growth during adolescence false full 25 7f3f6a5d-ad61-4748-9968-690b00c2d80b Trump's 100 Days: What Really Matters Trump reliably generates headlines, but what has his second administration done in the first 100 days that’s really consequential? In this episode, we take stock of Trump I and Trump II, with special emphasis on immigration, university funding, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Our guests, Colin Moore and Nick McLean, provide a clear-eyed assessment of what matters and what doesn’t–and what Trump II means for the future of governance and democracy.

 

Colin Moore is a political scientist, Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization (UHERO).

Nicholas McLean is an assistant professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law. He previously served as a Deputy Solicitor General in the State of Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General.  

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Colin Moore, Nicholas McLean, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Alex Ruiz-Editor, Ziyun Li-Cover Graphic) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/trumps-100-days-what-really-matters-vNvK0Mk5 Trump reliably generates headlines, but what has his second administration done in the first 100 days that’s really consequential? In this episode, we take stock of Trump I and Trump II, with special emphasis on immigration, university funding, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Our guests, Colin Moore and Nick McLean, provide a clear-eyed assessment of what matters and what doesn’t–and what Trump II means for the future of governance and democracy.

 

Colin Moore is a political scientist, Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization (UHERO).

Nicholas McLean is an assistant professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law. He previously served as a Deputy Solicitor General in the State of Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General.  

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Trump's 100 Days: What Really Matters Colin Moore, Nicholas McLean, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Alex Ruiz-Editor, Ziyun Li-Cover Graphic 00:38:51 deportation, 1st amendment, russia, student loans, trump administration, executive orders, veterans administration (va), january 6, ukraine, u.s.-mexico border, party of donald trump, andrew jackson, federal government, project 2025, department of education (doe), silicon valley, elections, foreign aid, university of hawaiʻi at mānoa, united states agency for international development (usaid), department of justice (doj), donald trump, civil rights, government funding, biden administration, 2nd amendment, operation warp speed, government efficiency, green card holders, democratic party, border wall, courts, republican party, lincoln project, republican, gun rights, waste fraud and abuse in government, free speech, supreme court, democrats, nixon administration, diversity equity and inclusion (dei), federal government workforce, tariffs, private healthcare power of the purse, inspectors general, executive power, immigration, lawful permanent residents, supreme court justices, tax cuts, congress, administrative state, u.s. constitution, bureaucracy accountability, universities, jd vance, politics, higher education, federal grants, reproductive rights, privacy, birthright citizenship, elon musk, civil service, 14th amendment, political culture, naturalization, department of government efficiency (doge), populous economy false full 24 c5bfd1c3-b953-4960-a13f-eaefc1706320 Saket Soni: Resilience in the Age of Climate Crisis In the aftermath of every disaster, there’s a forgotten workforce–undocumented, exploited, and underpaid. What happens when the people rebuilding our world are the ones at risk? In a world where climate disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, Saket Soni explores the critical intersection of disaster resilience, immigrant labor, and social justice. From Hurricane Katrina to the Maui wildfires, Soni–founder of Resilience Force–takes us deep into the stories of the workers who rebuild our communities after tragedy strikes.

Saket Soni is a labor organizer, human rights strategist, and the founder and director of Resilience Force, an organization dedicated to amplifying the voice of workers who rebuild communities after climate disasters. Labeled an “architect of the next labor movement” in USA Today, Soni’s work has been profiled in the New Yorker, TIME, Fast Company, and the New York Times. He is the author of The Great Escape: The True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Saket Soni) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/saket-soni-resilience-in-the-age-of-climate-crisis-ZWq4__qd In the aftermath of every disaster, there’s a forgotten workforce–undocumented, exploited, and underpaid. What happens when the people rebuilding our world are the ones at risk? In a world where climate disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, Saket Soni explores the critical intersection of disaster resilience, immigrant labor, and social justice. From Hurricane Katrina to the Maui wildfires, Soni–founder of Resilience Force–takes us deep into the stories of the workers who rebuild our communities after tragedy strikes.

Saket Soni is a labor organizer, human rights strategist, and the founder and director of Resilience Force, an organization dedicated to amplifying the voice of workers who rebuild communities after climate disasters. Labeled an “architect of the next labor movement” in USA Today, Soni’s work has been profiled in the New Yorker, TIME, Fast Company, and the New York Times. He is the author of The Great Escape: The True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Saket Soni: Resilience in the Age of Climate Crisis Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Saket Soni 00:50:40 hurricane katrina, deportation, maui wildfires, federal emergency management agency, undocumented immigrants, disaster resilience, social movements, gulf coast, natural disasters, red states, migrant workers, covid-19 pandemic, community organizing, tornadoes, labor camp, hawaii, department of justice, american dream, disaster recovery, lahaina wildfires, age of climate disaster, climate change, morgan city, maui, donald trump, human trafficking, humanitarian visa, labor protections, climate crisis, india, immigrant workers, fema, indian immigrants, guilds, native hawaiians, insurance, disaster insurance, hawaii community foundation, tsunamis, hurricanes, resilience force, storms, floods, louisiana, recovery workforce, lahaina, labor union, wildfires, climate disasters, resilience economy, hunger strike false full 23 da3ab189-22ca-45ec-af12-f553724510cf Zoë Schlanger: New Science of Plant Intelligence Emerging research has shown us that plants have the ability to communicate with other plants, react to sound and touch, store memories, deceive animals to their benefit, and protect themselves and their kin. These scientific discoveries challenge us to rethink the ways we conceive of agency, intelligence, and consciousness. Are plants intelligent, even conscious? Join us as Zoë Schlanger, author of “The Light Eaters” and staff writer for The Atlantic, welcomes us into the unseen world of plants.

Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and her writings on climate change and the environment have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, and Quartz. She was the recipient of a 2017 National Association of Science Writers reporting award for coverage of air pollution in Detroit, and a finalist for the 2019 Livingston Award for a series on water politics at the Texas-Mexico border.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Zoe Schlanger, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/zoe-schlanger-plant-intelligence-0bXejgMt Emerging research has shown us that plants have the ability to communicate with other plants, react to sound and touch, store memories, deceive animals to their benefit, and protect themselves and their kin. These scientific discoveries challenge us to rethink the ways we conceive of agency, intelligence, and consciousness. Are plants intelligent, even conscious? Join us as Zoë Schlanger, author of “The Light Eaters” and staff writer for The Atlantic, welcomes us into the unseen world of plants.

Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and her writings on climate change and the environment have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, and Quartz. She was the recipient of a 2017 National Association of Science Writers reporting award for coverage of air pollution in Detroit, and a finalist for the 2019 Livingston Award for a series on water politics at the Texas-Mexico border.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Zoë Schlanger: New Science of Plant Intelligence Zoe Schlanger, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor 00:44:11 fungal infection, plant consciousness, news reporting, moisture, western tradition, octopus intelligence, boquila trifoliolata, nervous system, bats, bees, chemical synthesis, seep monkeyflower, microbial invasion, microbes, indigenous systems, western science, tomato plant, plant memory, syntax, pollen, plant intelligence, plant self-defense, reciprocity, plant language, climate change, plants as parents, consciousness, plant scientists, microbial cloud, animals, pollination, environment, organisms, octopods, biological life, coevolution, brighamia insignis, long term memory, orchids, seed thickness, indigenous people, cabbage on a stick, birds, plant survival, hawaii plants, vibration, memory of winter, short term memory, biology, virus, the atlantic, botanists, physical stimulus, plant relatives, seasons, indigenous epistemology, plant communication, photoreceptors, embodied memory, plant behavior, plant immune system, intelligence, roots, plants, sound false full 22 8526eeee-e7db-48c5-aa15-4f5526a738bd Kimberlé Crenshaw: Words & Power American civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw shares the origins and development of both “Critical Race Theory” and “Intersectionality.” Growing up in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, she highlights her drive to become a lawyer and utilize the law to actualize African American aspirations. In her work, she carries with her the legacies of legal civil rights efforts. Applying an intersectional lens to the way that black women experience violence at the intersection of race and gender, Crenshaw advocates for their stories to be told through the campaign to #SayHerName, also the title of her newest book.  

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. In addition to her position at Columbia Law School, she is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Kimberle Crenshaw, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor, Reanna Salvador-Podcast Art) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/kimberle-crenshaw-words-power-Lsz_HXmg American civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw shares the origins and development of both “Critical Race Theory” and “Intersectionality.” Growing up in the context of the Civil Rights Movement, she highlights her drive to become a lawyer and utilize the law to actualize African American aspirations. In her work, she carries with her the legacies of legal civil rights efforts. Applying an intersectional lens to the way that black women experience violence at the intersection of race and gender, Crenshaw advocates for their stories to be told through the campaign to #SayHerName, also the title of her newest book.  

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. In addition to her position at Columbia Law School, she is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

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]]> Kimberlé Crenshaw: Words & Power Kimberle Crenshaw, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Director, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor, Reanna Salvador-Podcast Art 01:08:01 harvard law school, barack obama, intersection, freedom summer, social movements, censorship, law school, movements, critical race theory, police violence, travon martin, exclusion, clarence thomas, organizing, race, police brutality, race consciousness, africana studies, critical legal studies, democracy, student nonviolent coordinating committee, patriarchy anita hill, knowledge production, college board, mari matsuda, civil rights, brown v. board of education, banned books, thurgood marshall, segregation, queer people, ethnic studies, racist, political movements, women of color, sncc, domestic violence, diversity equity and inclusion, say her name, black women, white dominance, civil rights movement, racism, culture wars, gender, violence, lawyer, freedom summer 2024, voting rights, collective, intersectionality, mainstream media, power, tucker carlson, book bans, law, history, critical thinking, derrick bell, discrimination, feminism, african americans, supreme court of the united states, legal studies, people of color, dei, violence against women false full 21 85a628d3-7eb6-44b5-b83e-2f7f77cc99f3 Robin Wall Kimmerer: Land Justice - Engaging Indigenous Knowledge for Land Care How can we incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into our scientific understanding of the natural world? While native and western science often seem at odds with one another, botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer shares how bridging the gap between these two perspectives helps us understand the earth in a more holistic way. In this discussion with poet and professor Brandy Nālani McDougall, Kimmerer unpacks her research journey in ethnic ecology, land justice, and indigenous knowledge. Their discussion dives into topics that include indigenous science, cultural erasure and preservation, plant culture, and restoration of relationships to land.

 

Botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Kimmerer has won the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing and a MacArthur “genius” grant. Her research interests include the restoration of ecological communities, as well as the restoration of our relationships to land.

 

Brandy Nālani McDougall is a Kānaka ʻŌiwi author, educator, activist, and the Hawai'i State Poet Laureate for 2023–2025. She is an Associate Professor of American studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa specializing in Indigenous Studies. 

 

Sound editing by Amika Matteson. Graphic by Taylor Hansen.

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:30:27 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Robert Perkinson - BTSS director, Amika Matteson - editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/robin-wall-kimmerer-land-justice-engaging-indigenous-knowledge-for-land-care-fIsG2sUe How can we incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into our scientific understanding of the natural world? While native and western science often seem at odds with one another, botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer shares how bridging the gap between these two perspectives helps us understand the earth in a more holistic way. In this discussion with poet and professor Brandy Nālani McDougall, Kimmerer unpacks her research journey in ethnic ecology, land justice, and indigenous knowledge. Their discussion dives into topics that include indigenous science, cultural erasure and preservation, plant culture, and restoration of relationships to land.

 

Botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Kimmerer has won the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing and a MacArthur “genius” grant. Her research interests include the restoration of ecological communities, as well as the restoration of our relationships to land.

 

Brandy Nālani McDougall is a Kānaka ʻŌiwi author, educator, activist, and the Hawai'i State Poet Laureate for 2023–2025. She is an Associate Professor of American studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa specializing in Indigenous Studies. 

 

Sound editing by Amika Matteson. Graphic by Taylor Hansen.

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Robin Wall Kimmerer: Land Justice - Engaging Indigenous Knowledge for Land Care Robin Wall Kimmerer, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Robert Perkinson - BTSS director, Amika Matteson - editor 00:51:29 skywoman creation story, indigenous research agendas, indigenous knowledge, “scientism”, indigenous-led conservation science, onondaga nation, industrial ethos, kauna, western science, braiding sweetgrass (2013), native science, center for native peoples and the environment, plant ecology, moss, reciprocity, restoration ecology, scientific/academic writing, citizen potawatomi nation, natural resources, land-back movements, gratitude, land justice, public land usage, gathering moss (2003), indigenous plant names, oral histories, syracuse ny, new york department of conservation, native american boarding schools, suny college of environmental science and forestry, ecological resilience, haudenosaunee confederacy, storytelling, creation stories, ethnobotany false full 20 27304ea4-76c0-421d-8d9e-fc8890b8bf4b Ai-jen Poo: How Care Work Makes the World Work We all recognize that infrastructure like highways, water systems, and electricity are essential for leading healthy and productive lives. But what about our systems of care? Ai-jen Poo–Director of Caring Across Generations and President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance–argues that care work is critical to making the world work. Caregiving, says Ai-jen Poo, from child-rearing to elder care, allows all of us to thrive–as individuals, as families, and as a society.

A next generation labor leader and rising voice in the women’s movement, Ai-jen Poo is a MacArthur “genius” fellow, one of Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. Her work has been featured in Marie Claire, New York Times, Washington Post, and Jezebel. She is author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. In 2017, Ai-jen served as the Dan and Maggie Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH Mānoa.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Sound editing and graphic by Hannah Sambrano. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:45:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Ai-Jen Poo, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Founder, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-jen-poo-how-care-work-makes-the-world-work-_HQ4smpd We all recognize that infrastructure like highways, water systems, and electricity are essential for leading healthy and productive lives. But what about our systems of care? Ai-jen Poo–Director of Caring Across Generations and President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance–argues that care work is critical to making the world work. Caregiving, says Ai-jen Poo, from child-rearing to elder care, allows all of us to thrive–as individuals, as families, and as a society.

A next generation labor leader and rising voice in the women’s movement, Ai-jen Poo is a MacArthur “genius” fellow, one of Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. Her work has been featured in Marie Claire, New York Times, Washington Post, and Jezebel. She is author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America. In 2017, Ai-jen served as the Dan and Maggie Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH Mānoa.

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Sound editing and graphic by Hannah Sambrano. 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Ai-jen Poo: How Care Work Makes the World Work Ai-Jen Poo, Robert Perkinson-BTSS Founder, Hannah Crishel Sambrano-Editor 00:43:54 new deal, birth, parents, domestic workers, middle class, underpaid work, kamala harris, home, domestic workers alliance, domestic workers bill of rights, elderly, aging, infrastructure, single parent, nannies, nursing home, caring across generations, covid-19 pandemic, care economy, family, caregivers, social welfare, organizing, race, policy, caregiving stories, abuse, justice, civil rights, childcare, student organizing, biden administration, immigrants, economic recovery, women of color, disability, labor laws, voting, loneliness, gender norms, care, retirement, children, women, gender, poverty, slavery, injury, joe biden, working class, power, homecare workers, community, health, paid family leave, grandparents, infants, social change, workforce, carework, job security, feminism, non profit organizations, labor union, universal child care, feminist movement false full 19 b30481d8-c6a9-46d1-96aa-6ab66e7c4ee5 The Community Organizer's Toolbox, with George Goehl We all know that the most effective social movements begin locally. But how can we use community organizing to ensure their success? If we are to make tangible change – says renowned author, activist, and organizer George Goehl – we need to start by listening to the community, setting achievable goals, and then mobilizing toward victory using basic principles of community organizing. This is a conversation about what it takes for people without power and resources to win more of both. 

 

George Goehl started organizing in a soup kitchen in Southern Indiana nearly 30 years ago and has been at it ever since. Today, George is traveling the country helping people launch new organizing projects, training a generation in the fundamentals of organizing. He is the host of the podcasts, To See Each Other and Fundamentals of Organizing. George’s work has been featured in The Atlantic, the New York Times, Washington Post, on CNN, and Rolling Stone.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 


 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

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]]> Tue, 6 Aug 2024 22:30:35 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (George Goehl, Robert Perkinson - BTSS founder, Amika Matteson - Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/the-community-organizers-toolbox-a-conversation-with-george-goehl-0c8bRa7H We all know that the most effective social movements begin locally. But how can we use community organizing to ensure their success? If we are to make tangible change – says renowned author, activist, and organizer George Goehl – we need to start by listening to the community, setting achievable goals, and then mobilizing toward victory using basic principles of community organizing. This is a conversation about what it takes for people without power and resources to win more of both. 

 

George Goehl started organizing in a soup kitchen in Southern Indiana nearly 30 years ago and has been at it ever since. Today, George is traveling the country helping people launch new organizing projects, training a generation in the fundamentals of organizing. He is the host of the podcasts, To See Each Other and Fundamentals of Organizing. George’s work has been featured in The Atlantic, the New York Times, Washington Post, on CNN, and Rolling Stone.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 


 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

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]]> The Community Organizer's Toolbox, with George Goehl George Goehl, Robert Perkinson - BTSS founder, Amika Matteson - Editor 00:40:23 door knocking, social justice faith communities, service, leadership development, progressive policy, political campaigning, media consumption, lgbt center of los angeles, soup kitchens, american midwest, college activism, community organizing, deputy commissioner of rodent control, yale, nonprofit organizations, town halls, nonprofit social service groups, community engagement, donald trump, community organizing program, political polarization, coalition partners, political cynicism, home mortgage disclosure act (1975), collective action, humboldt park chicago, racial division, advocacy, community reinvestment act (1977), southern indiana, low-income communities, public meetings, department of buildings chicago, abandoned factories, lack of affordable housing, deep canvassing, affordable housing, political news., abandoned urban buildings, redlining, local activism, power analyses, bad media, volunteering, housing justice, joe biden, federal legislation, rat abatement, people’s action nonprofit, community kitchen of monroe county, uc berkeley, winnable issues, rural america, community organizing training, hunger, homelessness, chicago foreclosure report, mayor of the city of chicago, economic justice, chicago il false full 18 ed267a07-f479-4704-a423-ac4a35d42121 Henry Grabar: How Parking Rules the World In this searching interview, award-winning journalist Henry Grabar digs deep into the paradox of parking: We all want it, but we ignore the costs. The pursuit of the perfect parking space, he finds, worsens traffic, increases housing costs, hurts small businesses, endangers pedestrians, destroys wetlands, accelerates global warming, and, on a day-to-day basis, drives us to distraction. So what can be done? Based on extensive reporting and research, Grabar argues that smarter policy can make our cities more vibrant, just, and sustainable, one converted parking space at a time. 

 

Henry Grabar is a journalist, researcher, Harvard Loeb Fellow, and author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.

 

Interviewer Kathleen Rooney is transportation policy lead at the Ulupono Initiative, a Hawaii-based investment impact firm. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Fri, 2 Aug 2024 01:08:17 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson - BTSS founder, Henry Grabar, Amika Matteson - Editor, Audio Engineer Leandro Nuckols) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/how-parking-rules-the-world-with-henry-grabar-bZsgpuMz In this searching interview, award-winning journalist Henry Grabar digs deep into the paradox of parking: We all want it, but we ignore the costs. The pursuit of the perfect parking space, he finds, worsens traffic, increases housing costs, hurts small businesses, endangers pedestrians, destroys wetlands, accelerates global warming, and, on a day-to-day basis, drives us to distraction. So what can be done? Based on extensive reporting and research, Grabar argues that smarter policy can make our cities more vibrant, just, and sustainable, one converted parking space at a time. 

 

Henry Grabar is a journalist, researcher, Harvard Loeb Fellow, and author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.

 

Interviewer Kathleen Rooney is transportation policy lead at the Ulupono Initiative, a Hawaii-based investment impact firm. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

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]]> Henry Grabar: How Parking Rules the World Robert Perkinson - BTSS founder, Henry Grabar, Amika Matteson - Editor, Audio Engineer Leandro Nuckols 00:32:00 demand for parking, zoning laws, urban planning, surf lockers, parking status quo, parking lots and the environment, public transportation, surf parking, parking zoning, parking reform, parking podium tower, equitable transportation, local parking policy, parking precedence, wilco towers, sustainability, surf carpooling, affordable housing, low-impact transportation methods, paved paradise, oahu parking acreage, free parking honolulu, ala moana, carpooling, parking effects on environment, street parking, carpooling incentives, parking architecture, parking mandates, stormwater flooding, parking supply and demand false full 17 af367d90-613f-4001-ab8e-f648fdd0c8fd Dorothy Roberts: Dismantling the Child Welfare Myth Despite its flaws, most Americans believe that child welfare is designed to protect youth from abuse, maltreatment, and neglect. However, Dorothy Roberts – endowed professor of Law and Sociology and the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society – argues that in reality the system does more to punish poverty, bolster racism, and tear apart families than it does to safeguard children. In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Roberts to discuss twenty years of research on family safety and social inequity. In order to truly support families and protect children, we need an entirely new approach to the problem.

 

A specialist on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare, Dorothy Roberts is the author of more than 100 articles and five books, including her latest, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Roberts is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series and an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa.  He is the author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:28:23 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson - Better Tomorrow Speaker Series Founder, Dorothy Roberts - University of Pennsylvania Professor of Law and Sociology, Amika Matteson - Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/dismantling-the-child-welfare-myth-a-conversation-with-dorothy-roberts-RNNkcZMg Despite its flaws, most Americans believe that child welfare is designed to protect youth from abuse, maltreatment, and neglect. However, Dorothy Roberts – endowed professor of Law and Sociology and the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society – argues that in reality the system does more to punish poverty, bolster racism, and tear apart families than it does to safeguard children. In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Roberts to discuss twenty years of research on family safety and social inequity. In order to truly support families and protect children, we need an entirely new approach to the problem.

 

A specialist on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare, Dorothy Roberts is the author of more than 100 articles and five books, including her latest, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Roberts is an elected member of the American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series and an associate professor of American Studies at UH Manoa.  He is the author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

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]]> Dorothy Roberts: Dismantling the Child Welfare Myth Robert Perkinson - Better Tomorrow Speaker Series Founder, Dorothy Roberts - University of Pennsylvania Professor of Law and Sociology, Amika Matteson - Editor 00:55:56 pregnancy, mutual aid networks, joyce mcmillan founder or jmacforfamilies, child welfare, adoption, unemployment, hard vs. soft government power, incarceration of black mothers, mental health care, mandated parental training classes, court ordered family separation, eviction, permanent termination of parental rights, truancy, state annual adoption bonuses, university of kent, chicago, structural racism, killing the black body (1997), stimulus checks, mandated reporting, juvenile delinquency system, shattered bonds (2001), lack of secure housing, immigrant families, early childhood education, state child abuse registry, insane asylums, child removal, low wages, custody, orphan trains, kindergarten, abolitionism, healthcare, low income families, land theft, 1994 violent crime control and law enforcement act, torn apart: how the child welfare system destroys black families – and how abolition can build a safer world (2022), charity, child neglect, child neglect, indian child welfare act (1978), domestic violence, racial profiling, 1990s housing crisis, child welfare investigation, parenting, newborn and infant healthcare, orphanages, affordable housing, cps “safety plans”, racism, youth services, new york city, 1997 adoption and safe families act, poverty, apprenticeship system, slavery, drug treatment, forced assimilation, child care professionals, american indian boarding schools, foster care, mass incarceration, cps case workers, radical reform, drug use, american indian wars, child abuse hotline, economic instability, progressive era, clinton administration, 1996 welfare reform act (the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act), parental rights, prison system, convict leasing system, black mothers, racial stereotypes, child protective services, colorado, homelessness, covid-19, child poverty, exploitation, northwestern law school, forced labor, child abuse, the war on drugs, family policing system, school teachers false full 16 5c8a108f-cb9f-4266-b1f5-6355c237f99d Translating Research into Action: The SSN Initiative with Pao Maynard-Moll In 2011, social scientists at Harvard launched an ambitious initiative based on a simple, somewhat old-fashioned premise: that evidence and reason should play a greater role in shaping public policy. Since then, the Scholars Strategy Network has added chapters in 38 states and connected hundreds of scholars with local experts, legislators, and eachother. Executive Director Paola Maynard-Moll joins University of Hawaii professor Robert Perkinson to discuss the organization’s efforts to bring facts to power. How can academic research translate into public policy with measurable benefits? And how can the SSN initiative persist in an era of misinformation and devalued truth? 

 

Paola Maynard-Moll is the executive director of the Scholar's Strategy Network.

 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the founder of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

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]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Pao Maynard-Moll Executive Director Scholars Strategy Network, Robert Perkinson Director Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, Amika Matteson Audio Engineer and Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/translating-research-into-action-the-ssn-initiative-with-pao-maynard-moll-CCsXkXjs In 2011, social scientists at Harvard launched an ambitious initiative based on a simple, somewhat old-fashioned premise: that evidence and reason should play a greater role in shaping public policy. Since then, the Scholars Strategy Network has added chapters in 38 states and connected hundreds of scholars with local experts, legislators, and eachother. Executive Director Paola Maynard-Moll joins University of Hawaii professor Robert Perkinson to discuss the organization’s efforts to bring facts to power. How can academic research translate into public policy with measurable benefits? And how can the SSN initiative persist in an era of misinformation and devalued truth? 

 

Paola Maynard-Moll is the executive director of the Scholar's Strategy Network.

 

Robert Perkinson is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the founder of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

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]]> Translating Research into Action: The SSN Initiative with Pao Maynard-Moll Pao Maynard-Moll Executive Director Scholars Strategy Network, Robert Perkinson Director Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, Amika Matteson Audio Engineer and Editor 00:34:35 Can facts and reason still carry the day in the Age of Trump? Paola Maynard-Moll, Executive Director of the Scholars Strategy Network, discusses how a national federation of professors came together to write policy briefs, gain media attention, build relationships with legislators, and bring facts to power. Can facts and reason still carry the day in the Age of Trump? Paola Maynard-Moll, Executive Director of the Scholars Strategy Network, discusses how a national federation of professors came together to write policy briefs, gain media attention, build relationships with legislators, and bring facts to power. translation and dissemination of ideas, stacy brenner maine state senator, member-based organization, theda skocpol ssn founder, maine ssn chapter, community organizing, state policy, massachusetts state legislature, scholars strategy network (ssn), public service, local policy, policy briefing, harvard university, alabama drivers license suspension policy, social policy, academic research, alabama appleseed, tenure, michael haedicke professor of sociology at the university of maine, measuring influence., accessible language, municipal policy, pfas forever chemicals, institutional service, peter jones head of ssn alabama chapter and professor of public administration and policy at the university of alabama at birmingham, boston, maine natural resources and environment committee, misinformation, bangor daily news, scholarship, policy proposal, academic political and journalistic networking, relationship building, scholarly evidence, policy-makers, academic promotional process, washington d.c., federated organization, jean macrae professor of environmental engineering at the university of maine, tax revenue committee, fake news false full 15 e75b5ec6-d190-40a4-b60a-caba12d9cd33 Clean Power to the People: Social Justice & Energy Transformation with Jean Su A conversation with Jean Su, energy justice program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, on why our energy sector is broken and how fixing it can advance social justice, enhance disaster resilience, and help solve the climate crisis.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 9 Jul 2024 01:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson BTSS Director, Jean Su Center for Biological Diversity Energy Justice Program, Amika Matteson Editor) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/clean-power-to-the-people-social-justice-energy-transformation-with-jean-su-_bV_5qqa A conversation with Jean Su, energy justice program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, on why our energy sector is broken and how fixing it can advance social justice, enhance disaster resilience, and help solve the climate crisis.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Clean Power to the People: Social Justice & Energy Transformation with Jean Su Robert Perkinson BTSS Director, Jean Su Center for Biological Diversity Energy Justice Program, Amika Matteson Editor 00:42:48 energy independence, madagascar, extreme heat, disaster resilience, weatherization, capitalism, oil exports, methane leakage, california supreme court, methane, fracking, coal, community engagement, climate emergency, energy conservation, natural gas, biden administration, private utilities model, rooftop solar, fema, big oil, clean energy, anti-trust law, mozambique, energy justice, grid efficiency, virtual power plants, utility regulation, distributed energy generation, energy access, solar, batteries, energy infrastructure, climate disasters false full 14 c49a9b3c-5603-47aa-af81-e70770df354f Corey Robin: Hope in Hard Times As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, many liberals fear that American democracy won’t survive another four years of Trump. But political scientist Corey Robin reminds us that American democracy has been flawed since its constitutional founding – it is the structure of American government and elections that pose the greatest threat to democracy, not an individual. But although Trump could not have come into power without these structural advantages, we also have structure to thank for preventing him from accomplishing more of his campaign goals. Overall, Robin remains optimistic that democratic values and social movements will outlast the political figures that challenge them.

In this deep-dive interview on the history and structure of American democracy, Robin reviews the anti-democratic elements built into the Constitution, from the Electoral College to lifelong judicial appointments. He evaluates the effectiveness and dangers of the Trump presidency. And he provides an old-fashioned recipe to save and expand American democracy.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/corey-robin-hope-in-hard-times-uvvBbgN0 As the 2024 Presidential election approaches, many liberals fear that American democracy won’t survive another four years of Trump. But political scientist Corey Robin reminds us that American democracy has been flawed since its constitutional founding – it is the structure of American government and elections that pose the greatest threat to democracy, not an individual. But although Trump could not have come into power without these structural advantages, we also have structure to thank for preventing him from accomplishing more of his campaign goals. Overall, Robin remains optimistic that democratic values and social movements will outlast the political figures that challenge them.

In this deep-dive interview on the history and structure of American democracy, Robin reviews the anti-democratic elements built into the Constitution, from the Electoral College to lifelong judicial appointments. He evaluates the effectiveness and dangers of the Trump presidency. And he provides an old-fashioned recipe to save and expand American democracy.

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Corey Robin: Hope in Hard Times University of Hawai'i at Manoa 00:43:37 How can democracy be safeguarded? Can America survive another four years of Trump? Political scientist and New Yorker writer Corey Robin has answers that may surprise you. How can democracy be safeguarded? Can America survive another four years of Trump? Political scientist and New Yorker writer Corey Robin has answers that may surprise you. grassroots political organizing, social movements, government, election, potlitics, corey, gerrymandering, hope, corey robin, democracy, campaign, better tomorrow speaker series, democratic party, robin, republican party, democratic values, covid, american democracy, american, constitution, political science, 2024, 2024 election, electoral college false full 13 ff698654-c826-46fa-bd78-eab789e45ea6 Nicholas Christakis: What Makes Humans Good? What types of creatures are we? Are we cruel and competitive or kind and cooperative? Physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis, Director of Yale’s Human Nature Lab, joins us to discuss the evolutionary origins of human social behavior, our capacity to harm but also our inclination to nurture, educate, and love. 

 

Nicholas A. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He works in the fields of network science, biosocial science, and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Dr. Christakis has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than 200 articles and several books, including Blueprint: Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. In 2009, TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

 

Robert Perkinson is a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/  

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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Nicholas Christakis, Robert Perkinson, Amika Matteson Podcast Graphic, Amika Matteson Podcast Producer) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/christakis-3gWS9vy5 What types of creatures are we? Are we cruel and competitive or kind and cooperative? Physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis, Director of Yale’s Human Nature Lab, joins us to discuss the evolutionary origins of human social behavior, our capacity to harm but also our inclination to nurture, educate, and love. 

 

Nicholas A. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. He works in the fields of network science, biosocial science, and behavior genetics. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. Dr. Christakis has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than 200 articles and several books, including Blueprint: Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. In 2009, TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

 

Robert Perkinson is a professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Nicholas Christakis: What Makes Humans Good? Nicholas Christakis, Robert Perkinson, Amika Matteson Podcast Graphic, Amika Matteson Podcast Producer 00:58:18 data science, yale, philosophy, social networks, education, mental health, artificial intelligence, hospice, network science, covid-19, health care, evolution false full 12 8a2879f3-1a61-4fe2-9517-5fe79e52f1af Rebecca Diamond: How to Renovate Housing Policy in a Way that Really Works Hawai‘i’s residents have struggled with housing availability and affordability for decades. Median home prices have climbed beyond middle-class reach, local households pay an unsustainable portion of their income to housing, and the state has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. The pandemic recession has made everything worse. 

Because the problem is so pervasive, every legislative session considers a raft of remedies. But what strategies really work? Based on the experiences of similar markets and quality economic research, what interventions are most effective, most cost-efficient, most scalable, and least likely to produce negative unexpected consequences? What steps do we need to take now to set the stage for a post-covid economy that is more equitable and resilient?

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Rebecca Diamond, Colin Moore) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/diamond-xPO2KEP3 Hawai‘i’s residents have struggled with housing availability and affordability for decades. Median home prices have climbed beyond middle-class reach, local households pay an unsustainable portion of their income to housing, and the state has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. The pandemic recession has made everything worse. 

Because the problem is so pervasive, every legislative session considers a raft of remedies. But what strategies really work? Based on the experiences of similar markets and quality economic research, what interventions are most effective, most cost-efficient, most scalable, and least likely to produce negative unexpected consequences? What steps do we need to take now to set the stage for a post-covid economy that is more equitable and resilient?

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

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]]> Rebecca Diamond: How to Renovate Housing Policy in a Way that Really Works Rebecca Diamond, Colin Moore 00:33:39 Rebecca Diamond is a Stanford economist who is specializes in housing and inequality. With a wide-ranging research agenda, she has published on gender gaps in the gig economy, the geography of unequal consumption, rent control, affordable housing development, and the effects of foreclosure. She is uniquely positioned to discuss best practices Hawai‘i should adopt to increase housing affordability and mitigate inequality in the post-Covid economy, and in this conversation, she does just that. Rebecca Diamond is a Stanford economist who is specializes in housing and inequality. With a wide-ranging research agenda, she has published on gender gaps in the gig economy, the geography of unequal consumption, rent control, affordable housing development, and the effects of foreclosure. She is uniquely positioned to discuss best practices Hawai‘i should adopt to increase housing affordability and mitigate inequality in the post-Covid economy, and in this conversation, she does just that. btss, hawaii, housing in hawaii, housing, better tomorrow speaker series, university of hawaii, uh mānoa, housing inequality false full 11 5ed242a2-fe69-4739-a4a4-4e6a376a572d Maria Ressa: What Are You Willing to Sacrifice for the Truth? What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth? In this conversation, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa explains the repression of free journalism in the Philippines, the rise of misinformation and fake news, the complicity of massive online platforms like Facebook, and the ghastly toll of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.  

 

Journalist Maria Ressa is co-founder of Rappler.com and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in the Philippines, Maria grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University. She got her start in journalism during the People Power Revolution of 1986 and reported for CNN from 1987 to 2005, serving as bureau chief in Manila and Jakarta. She is the author of two books on terrorism in Southeast Asia and How to Stand up to a Dictator (2022). For her resilience in the face of repression, Maria was named one of Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year and one of the Most Influential Women of the Century. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and the Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Rappler’s work on truth and democracy is the subject of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival documentary, A Thousand Cuts (2020).

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series and an associate professor of american studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Maria Ressa, Robert Perkinson, East West Center) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/maria-ressa-what-are-you-willing-to-sacrifice-for-the-truth-1PvO9l0w What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth? In this conversation, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa explains the repression of free journalism in the Philippines, the rise of misinformation and fake news, the complicity of massive online platforms like Facebook, and the ghastly toll of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.  

 

Journalist Maria Ressa is co-founder of Rappler.com and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in the Philippines, Maria grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University. She got her start in journalism during the People Power Revolution of 1986 and reported for CNN from 1987 to 2005, serving as bureau chief in Manila and Jakarta. She is the author of two books on terrorism in Southeast Asia and How to Stand up to a Dictator (2022). For her resilience in the face of repression, Maria was named one of Time magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year and one of the Most Influential Women of the Century. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including UNESCO’s Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize and the Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Rappler’s work on truth and democracy is the subject of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival documentary, A Thousand Cuts (2020).

 

Robert Perkinson (moderator) is the director of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series and an associate professor of american studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Maria Ressa: What Are You Willing to Sacrifice for the Truth? Maria Ressa, Robert Perkinson, East West Center 00:51:24 btss, maria ressa, philippines, better tomorrow speaker series, corruption, journalism, uh manoa, nobel peace prize false full 10 1e197824-609a-4ba8-bf79-7dfbf589be8e Kevin Roose: Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation Focused on intersections of technology, business, and culture, Kevin Roose writes about online extremism, social media disinformation, artificial intelligence and algorithms, and emerging technologies. Before joining The Times, he was a columnist for New York magazine and co-host of the Real Future TV documentary series. He is the author of three bestselling books.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 8 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/kevin-roose-rules-for-humans-in-the-age-of-automation-lU4CZ6To Focused on intersections of technology, business, and culture, Kevin Roose writes about online extremism, social media disinformation, artificial intelligence and algorithms, and emerging technologies. Before joining The Times, he was a columnist for New York magazine and co-host of the Real Future TV documentary series. He is the author of three bestselling books.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Kevin Roose: Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation Robert Perkinson 00:46:17 New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose discusses the dystopian future of artificial intelligence that has already arrived—and what we can do about it. Taking from his new book, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, Roose outlines practical steps we can take—individually and socially—to ensure that machines work for us rather than the other way around. Interviewed by Robert Perkinson. New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose discusses the dystopian future of artificial intelligence that has already arrived—and what we can do about it. Taking from his new book, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, Roose outlines practical steps we can take—individually and socially—to ensure that machines work for us rather than the other way around. Interviewed by Robert Perkinson. social media disinformation, kevin roose, algorithms, university of hawaii, machine learning, artificial intelligence, ai, technology, uh manoa false full 9 e0c51a68-ff3a-4c64-a269-38078eb09133 Tina Stege: Climate Action for Pacific Survival Tina Eonemto Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Born in Saipan, raised on Kwajalein and Majuro, and educated in Honolulu, she brings a Pacific focus to her community-based work on a range of issues, from the impacts of nuclear testing to sustainable development and climate adaptation. Stege received her BA from Princeton University and her M.A. in Anthropology from the Université d’Aix-en-Provence.”

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.


BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Victoria Keener, Tina Stege, Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/climate-action-for-pacific-survival-a-conversation-with-tina-stege-4AA8a5s0 Tina Eonemto Stege is the Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Born in Saipan, raised on Kwajalein and Majuro, and educated in Honolulu, she brings a Pacific focus to her community-based work on a range of issues, from the impacts of nuclear testing to sustainable development and climate adaptation. Stege received her BA from Princeton University and her M.A. in Anthropology from the Université d’Aix-en-Provence.”

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.


BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tina Stege: Climate Action for Pacific Survival Victoria Keener, Tina Stege, Robert Perkinson 00:40:14 “Climate justice is both the acknowledgement that harm was done [and] the provision of tools to rebuild and restore from that harm. And it’s the provision of tools to then chart a course forward.” In this interview with Victoria Keener, Tina discusses what it means to fight in the frontlines in the battle against catastrophic climate change and how she believes we can work together to secure our future. “Climate justice is both the acknowledgement that harm was done [and] the provision of tools to rebuild and restore from that harm. And it’s the provision of tools to then chart a course forward.” In this interview with Victoria Keener, Tina discusses what it means to fight in the frontlines in the battle against catastrophic climate change and how she believes we can work together to secure our future. climate change, kamehameha schools, marshall islands, hawaii community foundation, climate envoy, pacific, university of hawaii at manoa, uh manoa false full 8 c714a119-517d-482b-b546-e16c14a35ec1 Vivek Murthy: Together in Crisis "Part of the reason we underestimate the loneliness of people is that it's often hidden." Vivek Murthy, who has served as Surgeon General under three presidents, talks about one of the great health crises of our time: loneliness. In conversation with Maya Soetoro. 

 

Vivek Murthy is Surgeon General of the United States. In service to three presidents, he has launched national initiatives to address the opioid crisis, to respond to Covid-19, and to alleviate chronic stress and isolation. A specialist in internal medicine, he received MD and MBA degrees from Yale and conducted research on vaccine development and clinical trials. He is the co-founder of three organizations: VISIONS, an HIV education program; Swasthya, a community health partnership for women in rural India; and TrialNetworks, which enhances the efficiency of clinical trials. His book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, is a New York Times bestseller.

 

Maya Soetoro is a Consultant on the International Team at the Obama Foundation and a Faculty Specialist at the University of Hawaiʻi. Previously, she was the Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi where, in addition to leading outreach and development initiatives, she taught Leadership for Social Change, Peace Movements, Peace Education, and Conflict Management. For many years, she worked at the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education where she taught Multicultural Education, Social Studies Methods, and Peace Education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Maya is the Co-Founder of Ceeds of Peace, the Peace Studio, and the Institute for Climate and Peace.

Audio Engineer: Alex Ruiz

A full-length video version of this episode, featuring special guests Josh Green and Kealoha Fox, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/_hNpr0zNMUk

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Vivek Murthy, Maya Soetoro, Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/vivek-murthy-together-in-crisis-fUZ09_qA "Part of the reason we underestimate the loneliness of people is that it's often hidden." Vivek Murthy, who has served as Surgeon General under three presidents, talks about one of the great health crises of our time: loneliness. In conversation with Maya Soetoro. 

 

Vivek Murthy is Surgeon General of the United States. In service to three presidents, he has launched national initiatives to address the opioid crisis, to respond to Covid-19, and to alleviate chronic stress and isolation. A specialist in internal medicine, he received MD and MBA degrees from Yale and conducted research on vaccine development and clinical trials. He is the co-founder of three organizations: VISIONS, an HIV education program; Swasthya, a community health partnership for women in rural India; and TrialNetworks, which enhances the efficiency of clinical trials. His book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, is a New York Times bestseller.

 

Maya Soetoro is a Consultant on the International Team at the Obama Foundation and a Faculty Specialist at the University of Hawaiʻi. Previously, she was the Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaiʻi where, in addition to leading outreach and development initiatives, she taught Leadership for Social Change, Peace Movements, Peace Education, and Conflict Management. For many years, she worked at the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education where she taught Multicultural Education, Social Studies Methods, and Peace Education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Maya is the Co-Founder of Ceeds of Peace, the Peace Studio, and the Institute for Climate and Peace.

Audio Engineer: Alex Ruiz

A full-length video version of this episode, featuring special guests Josh Green and Kealoha Fox, can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/_hNpr0zNMUk

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

 

 

 

 

 

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Vivek Murthy: Together in Crisis Vivek Murthy, Maya Soetoro, Robert Perkinson 00:30:29 connection, loneliness, university of hawaii, covid, mental health, health, uh mānoa false full 7 f2c6d054-e76f-4c29-95ce-8bcd1305239b Kate Raworth & Kamanamaikalani Beamer: Doughnut Economics Oxford economist and best-selling author Kate Raworth, in conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, discuss how the cult of endless growth in traditional economics has led us astray, undermining human welfare and outstripping planetary limits. In its place, they propose a circular framework for economic thinking, one based on indigenous knowledge and a broader set metrics for sustainability, justice, and human well-being. They look to establish a new economics for the 21st century that would allow all of us to thrive, and that would protect future generations as well. 

More resources available here: https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (kate raworth, robert perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/kate-raworth-VE6Nc529 Oxford economist and best-selling author Kate Raworth, in conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, discuss how the cult of endless growth in traditional economics has led us astray, undermining human welfare and outstripping planetary limits. In its place, they propose a circular framework for economic thinking, one based on indigenous knowledge and a broader set metrics for sustainability, justice, and human well-being. They look to establish a new economics for the 21st century that would allow all of us to thrive, and that would protect future generations as well. 

More resources available here: https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Kate Raworth & Kamanamaikalani Beamer: Doughnut Economics kate raworth, robert perkinson 01:03:22 Oxford economist and best-selling author Kate Raworth, in conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, discuss how the cult of endless growth in traditional economics has led us astray, undermining human welfare and outstripping planetary limits. In its place, they propose a circular framework for economic thinking, one based on indigenous knowledge and a broader set metrics for sustainability, justice, and human well-being. They look to establish a new economics for the 21st century that would allow all of us to thrive, and that would protect future generations as well. Oxford economist and best-selling author Kate Raworth, in conversation with UH professor Kamanamaikalani Beamer, discuss how the cult of endless growth in traditional economics has led us astray, undermining human welfare and outstripping planetary limits. In its place, they propose a circular framework for economic thinking, one based on indigenous knowledge and a broader set metrics for sustainability, justice, and human well-being. They look to establish a new economics for the 21st century that would allow all of us to thrive, and that would protect future generations as well. economy, kate raworth, sustainability, university of hawaii, uh manoa, human welfare, doughnut economics false full 6 462d4e13-6a23-4778-ab98-857ceddc0f7b Chesa Boudin: Rethinking Prosecution For half a century, tough-minded prosecutors have led the way imposing stiff and lasting penalties on lawbreakers. Now a new generation of progressive prosecutors is trying to use the awesome powers of their offices to dismantle mass incarceration. In this conversation, San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin talks with UH law school dean Camille Nelson about the promise and pitfalls of rethinking prosecution. Topics include: police reform and accountability, cash bail and economic discrimination, and more humane approaches to drug addiction and homelessness.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson, Chesa Boudin, camille nelson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/chesa-boudin-rethinking-prosecution-0LK8p24O For half a century, tough-minded prosecutors have led the way imposing stiff and lasting penalties on lawbreakers. Now a new generation of progressive prosecutors is trying to use the awesome powers of their offices to dismantle mass incarceration. In this conversation, San Francisco’s District Attorney Chesa Boudin talks with UH law school dean Camille Nelson about the promise and pitfalls of rethinking prosecution. Topics include: police reform and accountability, cash bail and economic discrimination, and more humane approaches to drug addiction and homelessness.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Chesa Boudin: Rethinking Prosecution Robert Perkinson, Chesa Boudin, camille nelson 00:29:07 San Francisco’s embattled district attorney Chesa Boudin talks about his unlikely journey to law enforcement and about using prosecutorial powers to dismantle rather than bolster mass incarceration. San Francisco’s embattled district attorney Chesa Boudin talks about his unlikely journey to law enforcement and about using prosecutorial powers to dismantle rather than bolster mass incarceration. crime, san fransisco, hawaii, prison reform, justice, prosecution, uh mānoa false full 5 7ff85d71-d087-4a9e-ad69-bff2e80fcb92 Michael E. Mann: New Climate War Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State and director of the Earth System Science Center. A specialist in combining theoretical models and observational data to understand the Earth’s climate system, Mann has published more than 200 scholarly publications and five books. He is an IPCC lead author and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Moderator Makena Coffman is the Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. She also serves as Chair of the City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, her research interests include greenhouse gas mitigation, energy policy and alternative transportation strategies. She is a Research Fellow with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Michael E Mann, Robert Perkinson, Makenna Coffman) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/michael-e-mann-mUR4ceMB Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State and director of the Earth System Science Center. A specialist in combining theoretical models and observational data to understand the Earth’s climate system, Mann has published more than 200 scholarly publications and five books. He is an IPCC lead author and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Moderator Makena Coffman is the Director for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience. She also serves as Chair of the City and County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission. A Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, her research interests include greenhouse gas mitigation, energy policy and alternative transportation strategies. She is a Research Fellow with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Michael E. Mann: New Climate War Michael E Mann, Robert Perkinson, Makenna Coffman 00:46:44 One of the nation’s most decorated climate scientists takes on not just denialism but despair. The crisis is serious, he argues, but there is still plenty of room to act. Along with UH environmental economist Makena Coffman, Mann discusses his new book, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet. One of the nation’s most decorated climate scientists takes on not just denialism but despair. The crisis is serious, he argues, but there is still plenty of room to act. Along with UH environmental economist Makena Coffman, Mann discusses his new book, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet. penn state, climate change, climate science, university of hawaii, earth system science center, national academy of sciences, earth science, uh manoa false full 4 5f8e4f35-42a7-411c-ac08-c4d28fe18c77 Reece Jones: White Borders Reece Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics and is a Guggenheim Fellow whose work has been featured in The New York Times, the Guardian, Time Magazine, and the Economist. Jones is also the author of three award-winning books: Border Walls; Violent Borders; and White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.

Moderator Robert Perkinson is a professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and coordinator of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
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The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

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]]> Tue, 2 Nov 2021 00:50:33 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Reece Jones, Robert Perkinson) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/reece-jones-white-borders-aLAiFwt5 Reece Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Geopolitics and is a Guggenheim Fellow whose work has been featured in The New York Times, the Guardian, Time Magazine, and the Economist. Jones is also the author of three award-winning books: Border Walls; Violent Borders; and White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.

Moderator Robert Perkinson is a professor of American Studies at UH Manoa and coordinator of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Reece Jones: White Borders Reece Jones, Robert Perkinson 01:00:47 Is anti-immigrant populism anti-American? Sadly, no, says UH geography professor Reece Jones. In his new book, White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall, Jones shows how immigrant exclusion dates to the founding of the republic and has always been entwined with white supremacy. Tune in to discuss his new book and his assessment of US immigration policy from the beginning to the Biden administration. Is anti-immigrant populism anti-American? Sadly, no, says UH geography professor Reece Jones. In his new book, White Borders: Race and Immigration in America from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall, Jones shows how immigrant exclusion dates to the founding of the republic and has always been entwined with white supremacy. Tune in to discuss his new book and his assessment of US immigration policy from the beginning to the Biden administration. false full 3 8d550011-014c-483c-abf3-9182a646684c Alicia Garza: The Purpose of Power How do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2021 22:15:53 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (Robert Perkinson, Alicia Garza, Chuck Lawrence, Alex Ruiz) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/alicia-garza-the-purpose-of-power-LS6a9q5Z How do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Alicia Garza: The Purpose of Power Robert Perkinson, Alicia Garza, Chuck Lawrence, Alex Ruiz 00:38:14 How do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart. Alicia was the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. How do you keep organizing for justice even when racism wears you down? Tune into Alicia Garza, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter, in conversation with UH Centennial Professor Charles Lawrence. They discuss the future of the Black freedom movement and Alicia’s new book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart. Alicia was the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. false full 2 17c92bd0-0982-4731-b273-59475eb3b809 Edward Glaeser: Recovery to Resilience  A dynamic and wide-ranging conversation with Harvard economist Edward Glaeser on navigating the covid recession and laying the groundwork for growth and resilience. Additional topics include the future of cities, the economic benefits of public health, and the relationship between public investment and economic diversification.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/ 
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:47:45 +0000 btss@hawaii.edu (edward glaesar, robert perkinson, makenna coffman) https://better-tomorrow-speaker-series.simplecast.com/episodes/edward-glaeser-recovery-to-resilience-RBvWhHp_  A dynamic and wide-ranging conversation with Harvard economist Edward Glaeser on navigating the covid recession and laying the groundwork for growth and resilience. Additional topics include the future of cities, the economic benefits of public health, and the relationship between public investment and economic diversification.

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Kamehameha Schools.
BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/ 
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series features incisive conversations on the most pressing issues of our time. The project is a joint venture of the University of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

 

BTSS website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@uhbtss

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/uh_btss/  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UHBTSS/  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/uh_btss  

]]> Edward Glaeser: Recovery to Resilience edward glaesar, robert perkinson, makenna coffman 00:40:45 Renowned Harvard economist Edward Glaeser explains how cities made civilization rich, how cities can make us sick, and how cities should best be managed for innovation and prosperity. Renowned Harvard economist Edward Glaeser explains how cities made civilization rich, how cities can make us sick, and how cities should best be managed for innovation and prosperity. false full 1